Welcome to 2017! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable vacation.
This week, we are revisiting the long u words in Reading Street that we started learning about during our last few days together in December. We are also learning about the three different sounds that the affix -ed makes at the ends of words such as, played, kicked, and counted.
The children pointed out to me that I sent home NEXT week's homework packet by mistake. Just another example of how we all make mistakes! :) I told them to still complete the homework packet and next week, their homework packet will be the one they should have had this week. With this in mind, the story we are working on this week in class is Life In The Forest. In class next week, we will work on Honey Bees.
During math we are learning about place value. At this point in first grade we focus on the ones and tens place. We are using Base-10 block longs and cubes to build numbers and exchange for groups of tens. Your children made place value mats on Tuesday which we used in class and sent home on Wednesday. They should be able to demonstrate their newly learned skills for you at home with numbers up to 50.
When the weather permits, we go outside for recess. Please be sure that your student has a coat, hat, and mittens for recess.
***IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our classroom is "nut safe" which means that students are not permitted to eat nut products for our morning snack in the room. Anything containing nuts, for example, peanut butter cookies or crackers, must be saved for lunch in the cafeteria. This sometimes leaves students without a snack. Please remember this as you and your child are making snack choices each day.
We have had so much illness already this winter. :( Please remind your children about cough and sneeze etiquette and practice coughing and sneezing into their elbows. Also please encourage your children to keep their fingers away from their eyes, noses, and mouths. We spend lots of time blowing noses, washing hands, and cleaning classroom surfaces, but little reminders are always helpful for our little friends. If your child is ill, please use your best judgement about whether or not they can come to school. Our school handbook does provide some guidelines for when students have had fevers or have been vomitting. Let's do all we can to prevent having sick students (and teachers).
This week, we are revisiting the long u words in Reading Street that we started learning about during our last few days together in December. We are also learning about the three different sounds that the affix -ed makes at the ends of words such as, played, kicked, and counted.
The children pointed out to me that I sent home NEXT week's homework packet by mistake. Just another example of how we all make mistakes! :) I told them to still complete the homework packet and next week, their homework packet will be the one they should have had this week. With this in mind, the story we are working on this week in class is Life In The Forest. In class next week, we will work on Honey Bees.
During math we are learning about place value. At this point in first grade we focus on the ones and tens place. We are using Base-10 block longs and cubes to build numbers and exchange for groups of tens. Your children made place value mats on Tuesday which we used in class and sent home on Wednesday. They should be able to demonstrate their newly learned skills for you at home with numbers up to 50.
When the weather permits, we go outside for recess. Please be sure that your student has a coat, hat, and mittens for recess.
***IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our classroom is "nut safe" which means that students are not permitted to eat nut products for our morning snack in the room. Anything containing nuts, for example, peanut butter cookies or crackers, must be saved for lunch in the cafeteria. This sometimes leaves students without a snack. Please remember this as you and your child are making snack choices each day.
We have had so much illness already this winter. :( Please remind your children about cough and sneeze etiquette and practice coughing and sneezing into their elbows. Also please encourage your children to keep their fingers away from their eyes, noses, and mouths. We spend lots of time blowing noses, washing hands, and cleaning classroom surfaces, but little reminders are always helpful for our little friends. If your child is ill, please use your best judgement about whether or not they can come to school. Our school handbook does provide some guidelines for when students have had fevers or have been vomitting. Let's do all we can to prevent having sick students (and teachers).